WEBVTT FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOT MADE YET FOR THE CINCINNATI NATIVE. RICK: IT IS AN EXHIBIT THAT'S GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION, HONORING VETERANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT WHAT MAKES IT EXTRA SPECIAL ? IT'S HONORING MANY LOCAL HEROES. WLKY'S ANN BOWDAN SHOWS HOW THEIR COMPLIMENTS AND HOW THEY ARE -- ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOW THEY ARE BEING CAPTURED. ANN: AT A TIME WHEN THE NATION IS REMEMBERING THE PASSING OF IT'S OLDEST VETERAN, EMILY DIDLAKE, AND THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II, A LOCAL SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IS REMEMBERING IT'S -- IT'S VETERANS -- ITS VETERANS AND IT'S GOING NATIONWIDE. I THINK THERE'S A SENSE OF PRIDE AND EMOTION THAT COMES OUT ON THEIR FACES WHEN I PHOTOGRAPH THEM. I REALLY DON'T DO MUCH. ANN: THESE PORTRAITS SHOW VETERANS STORIES, AND IN SOME CASES THEIR BATTLE SCARS. MORE THAN A DOZEN FACES LINE THE WALLS OF THE BELMONT SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY IN SAINT MATTHEWS. ALL LIVE HERE, BUT THEIR PICTURES ARE A PART OF A LARGER, NATIONAL PROJECT. I SOMETIMES HAVE THE VETERANS HOLD AN OBJECT, AND THAT I THINK ADDS A LOT OF NOSTALGIA FOR THEM. ANN: A COLLEGE PROJECT SPARKED THOMAS SANDERS' MISSION, PHOTOGRAPHING VETERANS AND TELLING THEIR STORIES. NOW SANDERS HAS TAKEN MORE THAN A THOUSAND PICTURES OF VETERANS IN BELMONT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, CREATING HIS FIRST BOOK OF STORIES, LIKE SIDNEY BLANCHARD'S. THE DAY BEFORE PARADES, THE LIEUTENANT WOULD SAY, COME ON, LET'S SHINE UP THOSE TEETH SO YOU WILL BLAME -- GLEAM. ANN: A DENTIST FOR THE TROOPS AND TOP OFFICIALS, BLANCHARD ALSO SERVED AS A TELE-TYPIST FOR CRUCIAL MESSAGES. I'M A FIRST CLASS FIRE CONTROL MAN. FIRE CONTROL MEANS FIRING OF THE GUNS. ANN: A GUNNER IN THE NAVY, ROY COLE'S STORY INCLUDES HOW HIS BATTLESHIP FIRED ON A GERMAN SUBMARINE. WE GOT OUR EYE ON THEM, AND WE SANK THE SHIP. ANN: AND THE STORY OF DENNY TERRY, WHO TAUGHT SOLDIERS TO READ AND REPAIR AIR AND RADAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, THAT LED HIM TO A GREATER TASK. THEY PUT ME TO WORK ON THE B 58 BOMBER, WHICH WAS THE FASTEST HOMBRE AROUND. ANN: AND IF AUTHOR TOM SANDERS HAS ANY SAY, HE HOPES THERE WILL BE A VOLUME TWO TO THIS BOOK. NOT JUST HONORING WWII VETERANS, BUT THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN ALL WARS AND THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. HERE AT BELMONT VILLAGE, ANN BOWDAN, WLKY NEWS. RICK: LOOKS GREAT. A PUBLIC VIEWING OF THE AMERICAN HEROES, PORTRAITS OF SERVICE EXHIBIT WAS HELD TODAY. THE EXHIBIT WILL REMAIN ON DISPLAY AT THE BELMONT SENIOR